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Overview

There were few things in City of Heroes that set the mood more than the short pieces of music that played as you moved about the city. Nearly every neighborhood in every zone had unique music that clearly identified where you were, even without seeing what was on the screen.

The styles of music used varied widely, and ranged from soft pop and techno to hard rock and full orchestra. The music used for the original release of the game through Issue 5 consisted of primarily in-house or stock library music, with Michael Henry being credited under Sound and Music.

With the release of City of Villains and Issue 6, the range of instruments was improved, which allowed for less generic and more pleasant arrangements. All zones added or revamped since then (such as Faultline, Rikti War Zone, and Atlas Park) have made use of those updated sounds. Michael Henry stayed credited for this era, with Kevin Manthei, Kevin Riepl, and Joe Lyford being added on under Additional Sound & Music.

The new music for the Praetorian zones in Going Rogue and those added after Issue 18, were written by award-winning composer Jason Graves. This era of music had a high level of thematic unity, providing a more coherent immersion while playing. Adam Kay was taken on as Audio Director in 2009 for Going Rogue and City of Heroes: Freedom.

After the shutdown of City of Heroes, a member of the Titan Forums converted the .ogg music files into MP3 format and made an archive available for download.

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Neighborhood Listings

Hero Zones

This is a consolidated listing of each zone's neighborhoods and the music associated with them. Neighborhoods marked with an asterisk (*) were duplicated or modified from music elsewhere in the game. See the following section for details.

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Outbreak	Hot Zone Rivera Medical Center	Atlas Park (Pre-Issue 21)	Atlas Plaza * Prometheus Park * Chiron Medical Center * The Promenade HyperionWay Argosy Industrial Park Downside * (Unused)	Atlas Park	Atlas Plaza Prometheus Park Chiron Medical Center The Promenade Hyperion Way Argosy Industrial Park Downside	Echo: Galaxy City	Freedom Court * Cygnus Medical Center * Equinox Orion Beltway Nebula District Constellation Row * Gemini Park *
Sewer Network	Atlas Park Sector * Kings Row Sector * Skyway City Sector * Underworld * Steel Canyon Sector * Boomtown Sector *	Kings Row	Freedom Plaza Crowne Memorial * Aqueduct * The Gish Industrial Avenue * King Garment Works * Royal Refinery * High Park	The Hollows	Cherry Hills * Four Seasons (No Music) Red River * Eastgate Park * Grendel's Gulch * Eastgate Heights *	Perez Park	Boneyard Hell's Highway * Perez Park * Everett Lake Bettis Hills * Gaiman Woods *
Steel Canyon	Bronze Way * Copper District Gimry Ridge * Steel Canyon Medical Center * Platinum Lake * Blyde Square The Fools Gold District * (Unused) Silver Lake Royal Overlook *	Skyway City	Aeria Plaza (No Music) Lagrange Medical Center * Astral District Vista Plaza (No Music) The Gruff (No Music) Hide Park Land of the Lost *	Boomtown	The Fuse Powderkeg Primer The Cannonade Grenadier Village *	Echo: Faultline	Subduction Downfall Dark Canyons Precipice Aftershock Reservoir
Faultline	New Overbrook Overbrook Medical Center * Aftershock * Overflow * Arachnos Dig Site * Overbrook Dam *	Independence Port	Bell Point * Bell Medical Center * Wave Landing Crey Cove * Steel Pier * Industry Pier * Patriot Wharf Valor Bridge Power Island * Liberty Quay * Justice Quay *	Talos Island	Phoenix Medical Center * Helen Point New Thebes * Ithaca Island * Argo Highway New Corinth New Troy Circe Island * New Sparta The Serpent's Teeth * Eleusis * Scylla Island	Striga Isle	Port Noble * The Maw * Bonny Morass * The Bog * The Wolf's Throat * Council Base *
Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22)	St. Elegius (Unused) Romero Heights * Raimi Arcade Toffet Terrace * Barca Plaza * Dido's View * Moth Cemetery (Unused)	Echo: Dark Astoria	St. Elegius (No Music) Romero Heights * Raimi Arcade * Toffet Terrace * Barca Plaza * Dido's View * Moth Cemetery (No Music)	Terra Volta	Coroman Manufacturing * Challenger Technology * Raysun Petroleum * Rogers Industries * Walker Energy * Gordon Trench * Carter Engineering Savage Waste Disposal Terra Volta Reactor	Croatoa	Salamanca * New Connaught * The Misty Wood * The Broken Teeth Sunset Ridge * The Grim Vale *
Brickstown	The Mashu Bridge * The Crescent Prison Power Station * Seven Gates * Brickstown Infirmary The Abyss Towers The Chasm * Dark Waters * The Ziggurat *	Founders' Falls	Williams Square Harvey Medical Center * Louis Forest * Liberty Town The Red River * Hutchinson Park * The Gaspee Blackstone Hills (No Music)	Crey's Folly	Crey Factories * Paragon Water Works * The Blight * Tangle Town Portal Industries The Circus Carnival Town *	Eden	Arcadia * The Pit The Utopia Complex The Serpentine Adeva Towers * The Cascades The Hive
Abandoned Sewer Network	Atlas Park Sector * Kings Row Sector * Skyway City Sector * Underworld * Steel Canyon Sector * Boomtown Sector *	Peregrine Island	Bayside Docks * Curry Cove * Nelson Borough * Aquarius Medical Center * Mera Heights * Poseidon Square * Portal Court Cutlass Isles * Tempest Quay *	Firebase Zulu	Firebase Zulu Tempest Sector (No Music) Point Alpha Point Bravo Point Charlie * Point Echo Point Foxtrot * Point Sierra * Point Tango (No Music) Point Victor * Point X-Ray * Firebase November *	Cascade Archipelago	The Marooned Shores The Air Shoals The One-Way Path Tyrant's Rock * The Chanting Islands * Crimson Falls
The Chantry	Path of Tears Bastion of Pain * Bastion of Denial * Bastion of Guilt Bastion of Regret (Unused) Bastion of Sorrow (Unused) Chantry * Bastion of Shame * Path of Rage *	The Storm Palace	Path of Madness * Lock of Anger * Lock of Malice Lock of Torment Lock of Hatred * Lock of Fury * Lock of Destruction * Storm Palace

Villain Zones

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Breakout	The Yard * Drop Zone	Mercy Island {Pre-Issue 21)	Fort Darwin Darwin's Landing Mercy * Fort Cerberus *	Mercy Island	Fort Darwin Darwin's Landing Mercy Fort Cerberus	Port Oakes	Arena District * Dockside * Marconeville * Oil Spill * Fort Hades * Villa Montrose *
Cap au Diable	Devil's Coat Tails Haven * Aeon City New Haven Vagabond Hills Mount Diable *	Bloody Bay	Freedom Base * Arachnos Base * Water Street * Green Nugget Dead Coast Forgotten Forest * Boardwalk Ground Zero	Sharkhead Isle	Port Recluse The Crush * Hell Forge * The Pit * Villa Requin Potter's Field	Siren's Call	Buildville * Talos Park Fossburg Randall's Ruins
Nerva Archipelago	Crimson Cove Agincourt * Primeva * Thorn Isle *	St. Martial	Double Down Babylon Black Mariah * Fortune's Wheel (No Music) The Flop * Jackpot The Hard Way	Warburg	Hero Base * Villain Base * Warburg * The WEB (No Music)	Grandville	Spider City * The Gutter * The Tangle * The Fab *
Recluse's Victory	Sector 1 Sector 2 * Sector 3 Sector 4 * Sector 5	Monster Island	Cutlass Isles * Tempest Quay *

Co-op / Shared Zones

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Rikti War Zone	Vanguard Compound The Bulge * Pavia * The Thin Red Line Pork Chop Hill Little Round Top Bloody Lane * Heartbreak Ridge The Sunken Road * Point du Hoc * The Crash Site	Pocket D	Hero Lobby * Hero Club Side Villain Lobby * Villain Club Side Central Dance Floor Arena Lounge Tiki Room Ski Chalet Ski Slopes	Ouroboros	Whole Zone	Cimerora	Entrance Cave Cimerora City Castellum Bridge
Midnighter Club	Entrance	Dark Astoria	Barca Plaza * Dido's View * Moth Cemetery Raimi Arcade * Romero Heights * Toffet Terrace *

Praetorian Zones

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Nova Praetoria	Magisterium Elyssian Avenue North Aetna South Aetna	Imperial City	People's Park Logos Industry Avenue Aureas Four Gables Tiberian Bluff Behavioral Adjustment Facility (unused)	Neutropolis	Neuron's Reach Lambda Sector Keyes Island
Underground Nova	Sector A Sector B Sector C	Underground Imperial	Sector A Sector B Sector C	Underground Neutropolis	Sector A Sector B Sector C
First Ward	Eltentown Free-Fire Zone Mercyview Sunken City Forbidden Crags Mother of Mercy Hospital	Night Ward	The Arcane Quarter Lamplight Junction The Digs City of Souls The Howling Vale The Sleeping Beast Bedlam

Reused Music

Although there was a large amount of unique music found throughout the game, there were several neighborhoods that used musical cues which had slight differences from, or were exact duplicates of, those used elsewhere. Listed below are examples of the neighborhoods that used identical or similar music. They are sorted by the earliest zone/neighborhood in which the music was used, or by the first zone that used the most complete version. If there are no notes after a secondary listing then it used the identical version as the primary one.

Atlas Park (Pre-Issue 21) / Atlas Plaza

Echo: Galaxy City / Freedom Court -- longer version

Atlas Park (Pre-Issue 21) / Chiron Medical Center

Skyway City / LaGrange Medical Center -- longer version

Atlas Park (Pre-Issue 21) / Prometheus Park

Echo: Galaxy City / Gemini Park

Steel Canyon / Silver Lake -- similar version

Echo: Galaxy City / Constellation Row

Firebase Zulu / Point X-Ray -- longer version

Echo: Galaxy City / Cygnus Medical Center

Kings Row / Crowne Memorial

Steel Canyon / Steel Canyon Medical Center

Faultline / Overbrook Medical Center

Independence Port / Bell Medical Center -- shorter, similar version

Talos Island / Phoenix Medical Center

Founders' Falls / Harvey Medical Center -- similar version

Peregrine Island / Aquarius Medical Center

Sewer Network / Atlas Park Sector

Eden / The Utopia Complex

Abandoned Sewer Network / Atlas Park Sector

Sewer Network / Boomtown Sector

The Hollows / Grendel's Gulch

Rikti War Zone / The Sunken Road

Abandoned Sewer Network / Boomtown Sector

St. Martial / The Flush -- unused longer version

Sewer Network / Skyway City Sector

Abandoned Sewer Network / Skyway City Sector

Port Oakes / Villa Montrose -- unused extended version

Sewer Network / Steel Canyon Sector

Independence Port / Steel Pier

Abandoned Sewer Network / Steel Canyon Sector

Sewer Network / Underworld

Perez Park / Hell's Highway

Crey's Folly / The Blight

Rikti War Zone / Bloody Lane

Abandoned Sewer Network / Underworld

The Chantry / Bastion of Pain

Kings Row / Aqueduct

Atlas Park (Pre-Issue 21) / Downside -- longer unused version

Kings Row / Industrial Avenue

Independence Port / Justice Quay

Kings Row / King Garment Works

Terra Volta / Gordon Trench

Kings Row / Royal Refinery

Rikti War Zone / The Bulge

Firebase Zulu / Point Victor -- similar version 1, added intro

St. Martial / Turtle Spit -- unused similar version 2, added intro

Perez Park / Bettis Hills

The Hollows / Eastgate Park

Talos Island / The Serpent's Teeth -- similar, shorter version

Striga Isle / The Bog -- same as Talos Island version

Perez Park / Perez Park

Croatoa / The Misty Wood -- extended version

Eden / The Pit -- similar version

Steel Canyon / Bronze Way

Eden / Adeva Towers

Peregrine Island / Curry Cove

Firebase Zulu / Point Sierra

Port Oakes / Villa Montrose -- extended version

Steel Canyon / Copper District

Cascade Archipelago / The Marooned Shores -- extended version

Pocket D / Central Dance Floor -- similar extended version

Steel Canyon / Platinum Lake

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Romero Heights -- omit rhythm, added animal sounds

Founders' Falls / Louis Forest -- similar to Dark Astoria version

Steel Canyon / Royal Overlook

Striga Isle / The Maw

Skyway City / Land of the Lost

Striga Isle / The Wolf's Throat

Terra Volta / Raysun Petroleum

Sharkhead Isle / The Crush -- similar, longer version

Boomtown / Grenadier Village

The Storm Palace / Lock of Hatred -- similar extended version

Faultline (Pre-Issue 8) / Downfall

Firebase Zulu / Point Alpha -- similar extended version

Independence Port / Bell Point

The Hollows / Eastgate Heights

Peregrine Island / Poseidon Square

The Storm Palace / Lock of Fury

Independence Port / Crey Cove

Perez Park / Gaiman Woods -- added animal sounds

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Barca Plaza -- longer, added background effects

Brickstown / Dark Waters

Founders' Falls / Hutchinson Park -- longer, added bird sounds

The Chantry / Bastion of Shame -- same as Dark Astoria version

Independence Port / Industry Pier

Brickstown / Prison Power Station

Sewer Network / Kings Row Sector -- added atmosphere

Abandoned Sewer Network / Kings Row Sector -- same as Sewer Network version

The Chantry / Path of Rage -- longer version with intro

Independence Port / Liberty Quay

Striga Isle / Council Base -- extended version

Firebase Zulu / Firebase November

Nerva Archipelago / Agincourt -- longer version

Talos Island / Circe Island

Nerva Archipelago / Primeva -- longer version

Talos Island / Eleusis

Nerva Archipelago / Thorn Isle -- longer version

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / St. Elegius -- unused similar version

Talos Island / Ithaca Island

Croatoa / Salamanca -- extended version

Talos Island / New Thebes

Croatoa / Sunset Ridge -- extended version with intro

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Dido's View

Eden / Arcadia

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Toffet Terrace

Cascade Archipelago / The Chanting Islands

The Chantry / Chantry

Terra Volta / Challenger Technology

Firebase Zulu / Point Foxtrot -- added intro

Terra Volta / Coroman Manufacturing

Cap au Diable / Mount Diable -- similar, longer version

Terra Volta / Rogers Industries

Sharkhead Isle / The Pit -- unused longer version

Terra Volta / Savage Waste Disposal

Firebase Zulu / Point Charlie -- longer version

Rikti War Zone / Point du Hoc

Terra Volta / Walker Energy

The Hollows / Cherry Hills

Independence Port / Power Island -- slower, shorter version

Peregrine Island / Nelson Borough

Croatoa / New Connaught

Bloody Bay / Freedom Base -- different intro

Warburg / Hero Base -- same as Bloody Bay version

Croatoa / The Grim Vale

Bloody Bay / Forgotten Forest

Brickstown / The Chasm

Striga Isle / Port Noble

Peregrine Island / Bayside Docks

Brickstown / The Mashu Bridge

Port Oakes / Arena District -- longer version

Brickstown / Seven Gates

Striga Isle / Bonny Morass -- longer, added animal sounds

Peregrine Island / Mera Heights

The Storm Palace / Path of Madness -- longer version

Brickstown / The Ziggurat

Rikti War Zone / Pavia -- added intro effect

Cascade Archipelago / Tyrant's Rock -- slightly longer version

The Storm Palace / Lock of Destruction -- extended version

Breakout / The Yard -- longer version

Pocket D / Hero Lobby 1 -- longer version

Pocket D / Hero Lobby 2 -- muffled version of Hero Lobby 1

Founders' Falls / The Red River

The Hollows / The Red River

Founders' Falls / Williams Square

Cap au Diable / Aeon City -- omit bells, extended slower version

Crey's Folly / Crey Factories

Port Oakes / Dockside -- unused version, added intro

Sharkhead Isle / Hell Forge -- unused longer version

Crey's Folly / Paragon Water Works

Peregrine Island / Cutlass Isles

Monster Island / Cutlass Isles

Crey's Folly / Carnival Town

The Storm Palace / Lock of Anger -- longer version

St. Martial / The Flop -- extended version

Firebase Zulu / Firebase Zulu

Cap au Diable / New Haven -- unused longer version

Peregrine Island / Tempest Quay

The Chantry / Bastion of Denial

Monster Island / Tempest Quay

Steel Canyon / The Fools Gold District -- shorter, unused version

Mercy Island (Pre-Issue 21) / Mercy

Faultline / Overflow

Mercy Island (Pre-Issue 21) / Fort Cerberus

Bloody Bay / Arachnos Base

Recluse's Victory / Sector 2

Port Oakes / Dockside

Pocket D / Villain Lobby 1 -- similar version

Pocket D / Villain Lobby 2 -- muffled version of Villain Lobby 1

Port Oakes / Fort Hades

Warburg / Warburg

Port Oakes / Oil Spill

Siren's Call / Buildville

Port Oakes / Oil Spill -- unused version

Bloody Bay / Water Street -- unused version

Port Oakes / Marconeville

St. Martial / Black Mariah -- shorter version

Faultline / Overbrook Dam

Cap au Diable / Haven

Bloody Bay / Water Street

Grandville / The Fab

Cap au Diable / Vagabond Hills

Port Oakes / Marconeville -- unused longer version

Bloody Bay / Boardwalk

Cap au Diable / Haven -- unused similar version

Sharkhead Isle / Hell Forge

Faultline / Aftershock

Sharkhead Isle / The Pit

Faultline / Arachnos Dig Site

Grandville / The Gutter -- shorter version

Warburg / Villain Base

Grandville / Spider City

Grandville / The Tangle

Recluse's Victory / Sector 4

Dark Astoria / Barca Plaza

Echo: Dark Astoria / Barca Plaza

Dark Astoria / Dido's View

Echo: Dark Astoria / Dido's View

Dark Astoria / Raimi Arcade

Echo: Dark Astoria / Raimi Arcade

Dark Astoria / Romero Heights

Echo: Dark Astoria / Romero Heights

Dark Astoria / Toffet Terrace

Echo: Dark Astoria / Toffet Terrace

Unused and Alternate Music

Some neighborhood music cues had alternate unused versions or were omitted completely from the game. The list below highlights some of these.

Atlas Park

Downside -- unused

Steel Canyon

Fool's Gold District -- unused

Faultline (Pre-Issue 8)

Aftershock -- removed in Issue 8

Dark Canyons -- removed in Issue 8

Downfall -- removed in Issue 8

Precipice -- removed in Issue 8

Reservoir -- removed in Issue 8

Subduction -- removed in Issue 8

Faultline (Issue 8)

New Overbrook -- extended version

New Overbrook -- unused alternate version

New Overbrook -- unused New Age version

New Overbrook -- longer Oriental version looped in Mr. Yin's store

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22)

Moth Cemetery -- unused loop

St. Elegius -- unused

The Chantry

Bastion of Regret -- unused

Bastion of Sorrow -- unused

Bloody Bay

Green Nugget -- unused alternate version

Water Street -- unused alternate version

Breakout

Arachnos Pilot -- unused

Searching -- unused

Mercy Island

Fort Darwin -- unused alternate version

Mercy -- unused alternate version

Port Oakes

Dockside -- unused alternate version

Fort Blood -- unused

Oil Spill -- unused alternate version

Marconeville -- unused alternate version

Villa Montrose -- unused alternate version

Cap au Diable

Devil's Coat Tails -- unused alternate version

Haven -- unused alternate version

New Haven -- unused alternate version

Sharkhead Isle

Hell Forge -- unused alternate version

The Pit -- unused alternate version

St. Martial

Double Down -- unused longer version

The Flush -- unused

Turtle Spit -- unused

Imperial City

Behavorial Adjustment Facility -- unused

Mercy Hospital -- unused

TPN Theme Music -- unused

Pocket D

Rave Music -- used in missions

Rave Music -- muffled version of above

Miscellaneous Unused Music

BoomBox Tracks

This list includes the different tracks that could be selected when using the BoomBox emote. Lo-Fi versions of the tracks were implemented in Issue 17 to more accuractely simulate the sound quality from a real boombox.

Altitude	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Beat	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Catch Me	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Dance	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
ElectroVibe	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Disco Freak	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Dog Walk	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Heavy Dude	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Info Overload	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Jumpy	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Kick It	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Looker	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Meaty	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Notorious	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Move On	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Peace	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Quickie	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Raver	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Shuffle	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Spaz	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Technoid	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Venus	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Wah Wah	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Wind It Up	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Yellow	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi

Mission Music

Going Rogue and Combat

These tracks were first introduced in Issue 18 and continued to be used through sunset. They typically were featured during boss fights in missions, or accompanied with tense storytelling moments. The zone name for each file does not imply that it was used exclusively for content in that area. For example, Who Will Die Episode 5 used Underground4_D during the fight after the cutscene.

Zone	General Combat	Other Mission Use
Nova Praetoria	Combat 1 Combat 2 Combat 3 Combat 4	1A 1B 1C	2A (loop) 2B 2C (loop)	3A 3B 3C	4A (loop) 4B 4C
Imperial City	Combat 1 Combat 2 Combat 3 Combat 4 Misc. Mission	1A 1B (loop) 1C	2A (loop) 2B (loop) 2C	3A 3B (loop) 3C	4A 4B (loop) 4C
Neutropolis	Combat 1 Combat 2 Combat 3 Combat 4	1A 1B (loop) 1C	2A (loop) 2B 2C	3A 3B (loop) 3C 3C1	4A 4B 4C (loop)
The Underground	Combat 1 Combat 2 Combat 3 Combat 4	1A 1B 1C	2A 2B 2C	3A 3B 3C	4A 4B 4C 4D

Incarnate Trials

These looped tracks were introduced in Issue 20 for use as background music during Incarnate Trials. The "A" and "B" tracks were released first, while the "C" tracks were added with Issue 21.5.

"High" Loops	1A 1B 1C	2A 2B 2C	3A 3B 3C
"Low" Loops	1A 1B 1C	2A 2B 2C	3A 3B

Cutscene Music

These tracks were used in the various cutscenes which played in missions, task forces, and trials later in the game. They were generally first started to be used in Issue 18, and continued up to the last Issue 24 beta.

Incarnate Trials

BAF

Death Incarnate (Music only) (SFX only) (Combined)

Underground Avatar Intro

Underground Final

Signature Story Arcs

Sig Story Arc 01

Sig Story Arc 03

Sig Story Arc 04

Sig Story Arc 05 (Music only) (SFX only) (Combined)

Sig Story Arc 06 (Music only) (SFX only) (Combined)

Sig Arc 2 Episode 1: Clamor Reveal

Sig Arc 2 Episode 1: Pandora Warning - Hero

Sig Arc 2 Episode 1: Pandora Warning - Villain

Sig Arc 2 Episode 1: Phalanx Meeting

Task Forces

Morality Choices

Imperial Responsibility

Imperial Warden

Story Arcs

Anti-Matter

Anti-Matter Rift Enclosure

Clone Death (Music only) (SFX only) (Combined)

Protean (Music only) (SFX only) (Combined)

Rage Quit (Music only) (SFX only) (Combined)

The Strong Survive

Villain Walk

Special Events

Summer Event - Casino A

Summer Event - Casino B

Summer Event - Gladiator

Mood Music

These tracks were used in missions, usually just inside the opening area to set the mood. The first wave of them were introduced in Issue 6, while more came in Issue 18. Many of the Issue 6 tracks were looped versions of other music previously used for city zones, but most of them were unused overall.

Issue 6	Issue 18	Issue 24
Cave 1 Loop Cave 2 Loop Cave 3 Loop Cave 4 Loop Cave Music 1 Cave Music 1 Loop Crazy Mission Loop J Mission 1 Loop J Mission 2b Loop J Mission 3 Loop J Mission 4 Loop J Mission 5 Loop J Mission 6 Loop J Mission 7 Loop J Mission 8 Loop M Mission 1 Loop M Mission 2 Loop Mission 1 Loop Mission 2 Loop Mission 3b Loop Mission 3c Loop Mission 6 Loop Mission 8b Loop Mission 10 Loop Mission 11 Loop Mission 15 Loop Mission 16 Loop Mission Spookiness 1 Smooth Cave 1 Loop Spooky Office 1 Loop	Mission Mood 1 Mission Mood 2 Mission Mood 3 Mission Mood 4 Mission Mood 5 Mission Mood 6 Mission Mood 7 Mission Mood 8 Mission Mood 9 Mission Mood 10 Mission Mood 11 Mission Mood 12 Mission Mood 13 Mission Mood 14 Mission Mood 15	Skulls Rave Music

Homecoming Music

All Current HC Original Music can be credited to Kliffi.

An asterisk (*) indicates the track is uncredited or CC0 Public Domain.

Easter Eggs and Obscure Music

This final list includes music cues which a player would typically have to go to a specific spot to be able to hear.

Faultline

Bianco's Italian Cuisine -- Stand outside the restaurant door at (881, 31, -1830)^[Copy] in New Overbrook to hear this music.

Cryptic Lounge -- Stand near the jukebox in the Cryptic Lounge to hear this music.

El Super Mexicano -- Stand outside the restaurant door at (1088, 31, -1537)^[Copy] in New Overbrook to hear this music.

Grandville

Lord Recluse Voice-over -- This was the speech that looped in the main entrance to Grandville.

Dev Prison -- This music could be heard coming from the restrooms in the Dev Prison room hidden in the tunnels of Grandville. It is an altered version of the old standard Moon River, with some PG-rated sound effects added.

Purgatory -- This music could also be heard in the Dev Prison.

Imperial City

C.D.E.C. Lobby -- This music could be heard while inside the C.D.E.C. building.

TPN Newscaster -- This "spoken" loop could sometimes be heard outside the TPN building.

Studio 55 -- This music could be heard while inside Studio 55.

First Ward

Seed of Hamidon -- This was the "breathing" noise made by The Seed of Hamidon as it flew around First Ward.

Miscellaneous

Installer

City of Heroes installer loop -- Music loop played while installing City of Heroes from the original game disc.

Title Screen Music

City of Heroes (ver. 1) -- Used from launch through Issue 16.

City of Heroes (ver. 2) -- Used from Issue 17 through Issue 20.

City of Villains -- Used from Issue 6 through Issue 20.

Going Rogue (Praetorians) -- Used from Issue 18 through Issue 20.

City of Heroes Freedom -- Unified music used from Issue 21 through sunset. (Also used during character creation.)

Character Creation Screen Music

Hero Characters (ver. 1) -- Used from launch through Issue 16.

Hero Characters (ver. 2) -- Used from Issue 17 through Issue 20.

Villain Characters (ver. 1) -- Used from Issue 6 through Issue 16.

Villain Characters (ver. 2) -- Used from Issue 17 through Issue 20.

Praetorian Characters -- Used from Issue 18 through Issue 20.

Mission Completion Music

Hero Mission Complete

Villain Mission Complete

Praetorian Mission Complete

Battle Loop -- This music was never used in-game, but was frequently used as background music for early promotional videos.

Holiday Rocket Pack -- This music looped while you used the "Jingle Jet" temp power during a Winter Event.

Carnival of Shadows -- This music looped in the area of the Carnival of Shadows tent setup on mission and zone maps.

Zombie Stinger -- This music was heard when a Zombie invasion began in a zone.

Deadly Apocalypse -- This music was heard when a Deadly Apocalypse began in a zone.

Deadly Apocalypse Cleanup -- This was heard when a Deadly Apocalypse ended.

Sonic Barrier -- This was heard when approaching the sonic barrier surrounding the Praetorian zones.

Trivia

Joe Lyford was also part of the sound team for a 1999 game by the name of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. Due to this City of Heroes and Gauntlet: Dark Legacy share some music.

Ancient Tree Coin Room : New Thebes in Talos Island

Erupting Fissure : Overbrook in Faultline